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The '''Battle of Manila''' ({{lang-fil|Labanan sa Maynila}}; {{lang-es|Batalla de Manila}}), sometimes called the '''Mock Battle of Manila''',<ref name=PresLibMus>{{cite web|title=The evolution of Manila|url=http://malacanang.gov.ph/75830-the-evolution-of-manila/|website=Presidential Library and Museum|publisher=Government of the Republic of the Philippines|access-date=24 September 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150914201259/http://malacanang.gov.ph/75830-the-evolution-of-manila/|archive-date=14 September 2015}}</ref> was a land engagement which took place in [[Manila]] on August 13, 1898, at the end of the [[Spanish–American War]], four months after the decisive victory by [[Commodore (United States)|Commodore]] [[George Dewey|Dewey]]'s [[Asiatic Squadron]] at the [[Battle of Manila Bay]]. The [[belligerent]]s were Spanish forces led by [[Governor-General of the Philippines]] [[Fermín Jáudenes]], and American forces led by [[United States Army]] [[Major general (United States)|Major General]] [[Wesley Merritt]] and [[United States Navy]] Commodore George Dewey. American forces were supported by units of the [[Philippine Revolutionary Army]], led by [[Emilio Aguinaldo]].
The battle is sometimes referred to as the "Mock Battle of Manila"<ref name=PresLibMus /> because the local commanders of the Spanish and American
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